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System and Method for Identifying a Particular Human in Images Using an Artificial Image Composite or Avatar

US 9,721,166 In force
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Term ends Mar 9, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Qognify Ltd.
Filed Oct 19, 2014 as application 14/517,856 · Granted Aug 1, 2017
Base term plus 81 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2013
Term ends
Mar 9, 2034
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
81
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 81 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 18, 2013, when application 14/109,995, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 19, 2014)Dec 18, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+81 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 9, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 9, 2034High confidence

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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 9, 2014
Reel 34131, frame 824
Deri, Oren; Gurwicz, Yaniv; Goldner, VladimirNice-Systems Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 21, 2015
Reel 36615, frame 243
Nice Systems Ltd.Qognify Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 1, 2020
Reel 53117, frame 260
Qognify Ltd.; On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc.Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Previously Recorded at Reel: 047871 Frame: 0771. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Apr 6, 2023
Reel 63280, frame 367
Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC, as Administrative AgentQognify Ltd.; On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Apr 6, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC, as Administrative AgentQognify Ltd.Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Apr 6, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC, as Administrative AgentOn-Net Surveillance Systems Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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